The theme for the 2017 Symposium is
"Milestones, Memories, and Momentum." There are many milestones to
mark in 2017: the 160th anniversary of the first attempt to span the Atlantic
with a telegraph cable, 100 years since both the entry of the United States
into World War I and the Russian October Revolution, and 75 years after the World
War II battles of Coral Sea and Midway. The Symposium will take place just a
few months before the 50th anniversary of the Tet Offensive in Vietnam, and
during the 25th year after the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold
War. These milestone events and advances in cryptology, as well as how we
remember their significance, provide momentum to create the systems of today
and the future.